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Selected Verse: Job 23:3 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Job 23:3 |
Strong Concordance |
Oh that [05414] I knew [03045] where I might find [04672] him! that I might come [0935] even to his seat [08499]! |
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King James |
Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
The same wish as in Job 13:3 (compare Heb 10:19-22).
Seat--The idea in the Hebrew is a well-prepared throne (Psa 9:7). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Oh that I knew where I might find him! - Where I might find "God." He had often expressed a wish to bring his cause directly before God, and to be permitted to plead his cause there; see Job 13:3, note; Job 13:20, notes. But this he had not yet been able to do. The argument had been with his three friends, and he saw that there was no use in attempting further to convince them. If he could get the cause before God, and be allowed go plead it there, he felt assured that justice would be done him. But he had not been able to do this. God had not come forth in any visible and public manner as he wished, so that the cause could be fairly tried before such a tribunal, and he was in darkness. The "language" used here will express the condition of a pious man in the times of spiritual darkness. Hc cannot find God. He has no near access as he once had to him. In such a state he anxiously seeks to find God, but he cannot. There is no light and no comfort to his soul. This language may further describe the state of one who is conscious of uprightness, and who is exposed to the suspicion or the unkind remarks of the world. His character is attacked; his motives are impugned; his designs are suspected, and no one is disposed to do him justice. In such a state, he feels that "God" alone will do him justice. "He" knows the sincerity of his heart, and he can safely commit his cause to him. It is always the privilege of the calumniated and the slandered to make an appeal to the divine tribunal, and to feel that whatever injustice our fellow-men may be disposed to do us, there is One who will never do a wrong.
That I might come even to his seat - To his throne, or tribunal. Job wished to carry the cause directly before him. Probably he desired some manifestation of God - such as he was afterward favored with - when God would declare his judgment on the whole matter of the controversy. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| O - I desire nothing more than his acquaintance and presence; but alas, he hides his face from me. Seat - To his throne or judgment - seat to plead my cause before him. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| O that I knew where I might find him! - This and the following verse may be read thus: "Who will give me the knowledge of God, that I may find him out? I would come to his establishment; (the place or way in which he has promised to communicate himself); I would exhibit, in detail, my judgment (the cause I wish to be tried) before his face; and my mouth would I fill with convincing or decisive arguments;" arguments drawn from his common method of saving sinners, which I should prove applied fully to my case. Hence the confidence with which he speaks, Job 23:6. |
7 But the LORD [03068] shall endure [03427] for ever [05769]: he hath prepared [03559] his throne [03678] for judgment [04941].
19 Having [2192] therefore [3767], brethren [80], boldness [3954] to [1519] enter [1529] into the holiest [39] by [1722] the blood [129] of Jesus [2424],
20 By a new [4372] and [2532] living [2198] way [3598], which [3739] he hath consecrated [1457] for us [2254], through [1223] the veil [2665], that is to say [5123], his [846] flesh [4561];
21 And [2532] having an high [3173] priest [2409] over [1909] the house [3624] of God [2316];
22 Let us draw near [4334] with [3326] a true [228] heart [2588] in [1722] full assurance [4136] of faith [4102], having [4472] our hearts [2588] sprinkled [4472] from [575] an evil [4190] conscience [4893], and [2532] our bodies [4983] washed [3068] with pure [2513] water [5204].
3 Surely [0199] I would speak [01696] to the Almighty [07706], and I desire [02654] to reason [03198] with God [0410].
20 Only do [06213] not two [08147] things unto me: then will I not hide [05641] myself from thee [06440].
3 Surely [0199] I would speak [01696] to the Almighty [07706], and I desire [02654] to reason [03198] with God [0410].
6 Will he plead [07378] against [05978] me with his great [07230] power [03581]? No; but he would put [07760] strength in me.